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Foundations of ESL
DE LA SALE UNIVERSITY - [email protected]
Course Description
In this course, participants explore basic concepts and issues in the teaching of English as a Second Language (ESL). Specifically, the course introduces basic theories, methods, and approaches in teaching ESL. Lastly, it explores the social and historical contexts of teaching ESL in the Philippines.
Course OutlineI. Introduction
II. Basic Concepts and Issues in ESL
III. Theories on Language
IV. Methods and Approaches in Teaching ESL
V. Teaching ESL in the Philippines
VI. Conclusion
Course Requirements
Attendance in classroom and online sessions
Classroom and online tasks and activities
Reflection essay on Foundations of ESL or Lesson Plan
Schoolbook Website Address: www.dlsud.edu20.org
Course Title: Foundations of ESL
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Basic Issues and Concepts
Basic Issues and Concepts
What is language?
How do we learn a language?
How should we teach language?
What is ESL?
What is language?
1. Language as a system of signs
2. Language as a system of structural patterns
3. Language as a system of internalized rules
4. Language as a system of functions
5. Language as implicatures
6. Language as speech acts
7. Language as discourse
Tupas (2002)
What is language?
Language as a system of signs
Ferdinand de Saussure
Father of Modern Linguistics
Langue – abstract system of signs
Parole – ways we use the system
Video 1 :Ferdinand de Saussure and Structuralism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5vhq3aRNjE
Language as a system of structural patterns
Structuralist linguistics
(scientific description of language)
Famous structuralists
Leonard Bloomfield
Edward Sapir
From the sign to the sentence
Complex habits or patterns in language
Language as a system of internalized rules
Noam Chomsky
Generative linguistics
(scientific description of language)
LAD (Language Acquisition Device)
UG (Universal Grammar)
Video 2 :Noam Chomsky on LAD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdonf-4nkeE
Video 3 & 4:Noam Chomsky on UG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfiHd6DyuTU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbKO-9n5qmc
Language as a system of functions
M.A.K. Halliday
Language is a system of meaning
Language is a system of choices
Three macrofunctions
Ideational
Interpersonal
Textual
Video 5: Michael Halliday on Language
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC-blhaIUCk
Language as speech acts
JL Austin and John Searle
Speech Acts
Language as performance
Video 6: On Speech Acts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqcgtCnNxnI
Language as implicatures
H.P. Grice
Cooperative Principle
Conversation Maxims
Video 7 - 8: On Gricean Cooperative Principle and Implicatures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRMgGCNKijM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUs8GAi_cIw
Language as discourse
Michael Bakhtin
A critical view of language
“Language constitutes society and is constituted by it.”
Video 9-10: Bakhtin meets Pocahontas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GITVPh7GVSE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g97mZD_QI4g
What is language?
1. Language as a system of signs
2. Language as a system of structural patterns
3. Language as a system of internalized rules
4. Language as a system of functions
5. Language as speech acts
6. Language as implicatures
7. Language as discourse
Tupas (2002)
What is language?
1. Structural
2. Functional
3. Interactional
Methods and approaches in teaching ESL
HOW DO WE LEARN A LANGUAGE?
HOW DO WE TEACH A LANGUAGE
Video 11: On ESL and Other Acronyms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbIqAkNbk5I
Based on the video, which is better:ESL, EFL, or ESOL?
Methods and approaches in teaching ESL
Basic concepts
Approach
Method
Technique
Methods and approaches in teaching ESL
Edward Anthony (1963)
Richards and Rodgers (1986)
Brown (2001)
Methods and approaches in teaching ESL
Edward Anthony (1963) as cited in Tupas (2002)
Approach
- A set of principles based on particular theories of language, learning, and teaching.
Method
- Any systematic way of teaching language based on a chosen approach
Technique
- Any activity that actualizes a specific method
Methods and approaches in teaching ESL
Richards and Rodgers (1986)
Method
Approach ProcedureDesign
Methods and approaches in teaching ESL
Brown (2001)
METHODOLOGY – Pedagogical practices in general
APPROACH – Positions and beliefs on the nature of language, learning, and the applicability of both to pedagogical settings.
TECHNIQUE – Exercises, activities or tasks used in the language classroom to realize lesson objectives
Some Approaches to Language Teaching
Some Approaches
Grammar-Translation Method
Direct Method
Audio-Lingual Method,
Silent Way
Suggestopedia
Community Language Learning
Total Physical Response Method
Communicative Approach
Task-based Language Teaching
Video 12: Different Approaches to Language Teaching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2JaADcWegA
Activity
Video 13: Jack Richards on the Different Approaches and Methods to Language Teaching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r-DRmN42fE
What is ESL?
Teaching ESL in the Philippines
HOW IS TEACHING ESL IN THE PHILIPPINES SIMILAR AND DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COUNTRIES?
WHAT ARE CURRENT TRENDS IN TEACHING ESL IN THE PHILIPPINES?
Video 14: Real World English in the Philippines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wfctiJGZ6Y
Video 15: Language Learning Strategies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zj_bEFZMT0
Thank youCOMPLETE LIST OF REFERENCES TO BE GIVEN IN CLASS.
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